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No. 272,810. Patented Feb.20,1883.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,810, dated February 5.0, 1883.

Application filed August 21, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: t Y

Be it known that I, MARSHALL Orts WEST, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Port Chester, in the county of' Westchester and State of New York,ha\'einvented certain new and useful lmprovementsin Shirt-Placket Facings; and I do hereby declare the following to he a lull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in shirts and other garments in which slits,called plackets are made, eitherin the back, as in the present style of bosomed shirts, or in the front, as in plain shirts without bosoms, or in the sleeves; and it consists in facings applied to the garment, as hereinafter fully described and set forth, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l shows a part of the shirt-body yoke, and neckband with the facing secured upon them. Fig. 2 shows the same with the facing secured upon the shirt-body and vyoke and within the neckband. Fig. 3 shows the same with the facing sewed upon the shirtbody, and within the yoke and neckband. Fig. 5 shows a portion of a sleeve and wristband with the facing secured thereon, and Fig. 4 shows part of a shirt-body, yoke, and neckband before the facing is put on.

A A represent the body of the shirt. B B is the yoke, secured thereto at a a by a stitched seam. C C is the neckband, secured to the yoke at b b by a stitched seam,as usual. D Dl is the facing, whose peculiar combination with the parts mentioned constitutes this invention. Figs.6 and 7 are section views alongl the placket, showing differ/ent forms of applying my invention.

When the placket is cut in the shirt the two sides thereof, A.A, meet at the line of the cut e, and in order that one part may button upon the other the parts B ot' the yoke and C ofthe neckband extend beyond the cut e to lap over theparts B C', Fig. 4. To cover the opening formed by the cute the facing D is secured to the body A, so as to project beyond-or overlap said edge e and form a line with the edge o of the yoke B and band C.

Formerly it has been the practice to enter this facing into the lower edge ofthe yokejust enough to be held by the seam a a', but not enough to cross or receive the button-hole t; but in my invention this facing D extends along the placket in the body A, across the seam 'a and across the button-hole t', receiving said hole and its stitching through the facing. By t'hismeanstheseam a is firmly bound where it ends in theplacket. As such ends of seams are subject to more strain in use, and in more danger of being opened iu laundering than other parts of a seam, this stay across itis a great advantage.

The facing may end above the buttonhole i, but I prefer applying the samemethod to strengthen the seam b and button-hole ainv the neckband. 1t is usual to fold the facing D vertically at 0 back upon itself, taking in the edge e of the body between the told. By my invention this fold may pass over and take in the voke and neckband between its parts, as in Fig. l; or it may take in and cover the edge of the back and yoke, and then continue up between the fold of the neckband, which is always double, as in Fig. 2; or it may infold the edge ofthe body at c and be itself infolded within the ends of both yoke and neckband, as in Fig. 3; or it might pass within the yoke and over the neckband, but this is an improbable construction and not shown.

All that has been said of the part D of the facing is also applicable to the part Dl mating it, except that the facing D is usually single, because the body A extends its edge e as far as the end of the yoke B' and neckband C', and one thickness of facing D is all that is necessary to be added to the side A to make it equal to the double facing D. Opposite to the hole t is a button, i', whose sewing passes through the facing and yoke.

The Wristband C C', Fig. 5, corresponds in The same description strengthened, the shirt has an improved appearance, and the cost is not appreciably increased.

I am aware that a shirt has been patented, No. 166,777, with a lap along the placket formed of the shirtbody, yoke, and neckband turned back underneath and stitched each part to itself; but in this plan there is no piece of whole cloth extended across the seams joining the yoke with the shirt-body, or the yoke with the neckband, as my facing does. It also requires a piece of cloth to be wasted in doubling on itself, nearly the whole length ofthe shirt, right in the center of the goods, While my facing is made of scraps and there is no waste.

I do not claim a shirt partly lapped under itself at the placket, as described in the patent above referred to.

What I claim as my invention, and wish to secure by Letters Paten t, is-

I. The body, yoke, and neckband of a shirt, in combination with a facing extending along the placket in the shirt-body and across the yoke, having the yoke button-hole through it, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The body, yoke, and neekband of a shirt, in combination with a facing extending along the placket, covering the edge of the body and the ends of the yoke and neckband, the button-holes of both said yoke and neckband passing through it, as shown and described.

3. The body,yoke, and neckband of a shirt, in combination with a facing extending along the placket, covering the edge of the body and the end of the `yoke, and crossing the neckband Within it, both buttonholes passing through it, as shown and described.

4. The body, yoke, and neckband of a shirt, in'combination with a facing extending along the placket, covering the edge of the bod\` and crossing the ends of the yoke and neckband 'within bothfthe button-holes passing through said facing, as shown and described.

5. The body, yoke, and neckband of a shirt, in combination with a facing extending along the placket, having the yoke and neckband button-holes through it, or the buttons on it, as and for the purpose'specilied.

6. The combination with the sleeve and Wristband of a shirt, of a. facing extending along the placket in the sleeve and across the Wristband, having' the button-holes through or lthe buttons attached to said facing, as and for the purpose specified.

7. The combination, with a neckband and that portion of a shirt to which it is attached, of a facing extending the whole length of the placket, including the Width of the band, the button-holes passing through said facing, or the buttons secured to it, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARSHALL OIIS 'WEST- Witnesses:

ERNEST SIMoNs, ADDIE BArLEY. 

